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R Kelly juror ‘suffers panic attack’ amid closing arguments before being excused: ‘She can’t go on one minute more’
A juror in R Kelly’s latest criminal trial has been dismissed from the case after reportedly suffering a panic attack. The I Believe I Can Fly singer – real name Robert Sylvester Kelly – is currently facing child pornography and obstruction of justice charges in Chicago. Kelly, 55, is facing 13 counts including creating and receiving child pornography, obstruction of justice and enticing minors into sexual activity.He has denied all charges.It is separate to Kelly’s New York trial in June, which culminated with the singer being sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. On Monday, the prosecution rested their case before the defence teams began their closing arguments. However, one of the jurors – a white woman reported to work for a public library – is said to have suffered a panic attack during a break in proceedings. According to the Chicago Tribune, the juror told courtroom personnel that she ‘doesn’t think she can go on one minute more’ and that even waiting overnight would not help. US District Judge Harry Leinenweber reportedly informed the courtroom that, following a short discussion, the woman was being replaced by an alternate juror, with her stand-in said to be a white man possibly in his 60s. ‘My inclination is to excuse her,’ Leinenweber reportedly told the court.It’s said that both jurors stated they have not seen the docu-series Surviving R Kelly, which features multiple claims of sexual abuse from women about the R&B singer. Monday’s court proceedings featured around four hours of closing arguments, with prosecutors kicking off the day followed by the lawyer for Kelly’s ex-business manager, Derrel McDavid, and former employee Milton ‘June’
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R Kelly sues prison for placing him on suicide watch for ‘punitive reasons’, alleges lawyer
R Kelly is suing the Metropolitan Center Brooklyn for placing him on suicide watch due to being a ‘high-profile inmate’ and for ‘purely punitive reasons’, says his lawyer.The I Believe I Can Fly singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison last week after being convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges.He faced life behind bars for masterminding an elaborate scheme to entice and sexually exploit young aspiring singers and underage children.The producer was previously found guilty on all nine counts against him, including multiple counts of racketeering, with the charges relating to bribery and forced labour, by a jury in September last year.Kelly – who denied all charges – was also found in violation of an anti-sex trafficking law known as the Mann Act.The disgraced performer and producer is now suing MDC Brooklyn – the detention centre where he is being held – for placing him on suicide watch as a form of ‘cruel and unusual punishment’, as he denies being suicidal, according to court documents obtained by People magazine.In a statement to the publication, Kelly’s lawyer Jennifer Bonjean said: ‘MDC has a policy of placing high profile individuals under the harsh conditions of suicide watch whether they are suicidal or not (this was done recently with Ghislaine Maxwell).’Claiming that the prison ‘is being run like a gulag’, Bonjean added: ‘My partner and I spoke with Mr.
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R Kelly faces years in jail as he’s sentenced for racketeering and sex trafficking
multiple counts of racketeering, with the charges relating to bribery and forced labour, by a jury in September last year.Kelly, 55, was also found in violation of an anti-sex trafficking law known as the Mann Act.The singer, who denied all charges, was found guilty on all nine counts against him following a six-week trial in Brooklyn, New York.His conviction carries a minimum sentence of 10 years, but he may receive a sentence of up to life imprisonment for his crimes.Federal prosecutors have asked for a sentence ‘in excess of 25 years’ though the singer’s own lawyers have asked he receive under 10.Several victims of his abuses are expected to give victim impact statements to the court, and Kelly himself may even make statements, having declined to take the stand during the trial.The singer – real name Robert Sylvester Kelly – has been detained at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn since the verdict.As the US singer found fame after he performed on the talent TV show Big Break as part of the group MGM in 1989, but he left the group in 1993 to launch his solo career.Kelly’s debut solo album 12 Play was released in November of that year, which featured his first number one hit Bump N’ Grind.In 1998, he was nominated for several Grammy awards for his song I Believe I Can Fly, which won him best male R&B vocal performance, best R&B song and best song written for a motion picture, television or other visual media.The song became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings, advertisements and elsewhere, including the inauguration of former US president Barack Obama in 2008.Kelly went on to release a total of six studio albums and worked with famous faces in the music industry including Jay-Z,

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